What ceiling fans costs to run in Colorado

Colorado homes use 155 kWh a year on ceiling fans. Priced on top of the rest of the bill, that costs $11.47 to $25.28 a year across 5 published Colorado plans — a $13.81 gap. Checked September 2, 2026.

Every priced plan, average

Annual cost of each published plan, average, cheapest first
Plan	Per year	vs cheapest	Effective
Residential Demand - Time Differentiated Rates (Schedule RD-TDR)✓ cheapestdemand charge	$11.47	—	8.2¢
Residential Demand Service (Schedule RD)demand charge	$14.98	+$3.51	12.0¢
Residential Energy Time Of Use (Schedule RE-TOU)time-of-use	$23.74	+$12.27	16.6¢
Residential Service (Schedule R)time-of-use	$25.00	+$13.53	17.3¢
Residential General Service Opt-Out (Schedule R-OO)time-of-use	$25.28	+$13.81	17.6¢

Cost across usage levels

The cheapest plan at each consumption level, showing whether the ranking holds as usage changes.

Lighter use — cheapest $2.13 (Residential Demand - Time Differentiated Rates (Schedule RD-TDR)), dearest $4.72, a $2.59 spread
Average — cheapest $11.47 (Residential Demand - Time Differentiated Rates (Schedule RD-TDR)), dearest $25.28, a $13.81 spread
Heavier use — cheapest $13.92 (Residential Demand - Time Differentiated Rates (Schedule RD-TDR)), dearest $30.64, a $16.72 spread

At a glance

Plans priced: 5
Utilities: 1
Cheapest, average: $11.47
Spread: $13.81/yr

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What ceiling fans costs here

Across 5 plans priced in Colorado, ceiling fans adds $11.47 to $25.28 a year — $0.96 to $2.11 a month. The median plan puts ceiling fans at $23.74 a year.

Cheapest for ceiling fans: Residential Demand - Time Differentiated Rates (Schedule RD-TDR), Public Service Co of Colorado. Dearest: Residential General Service Opt-Out (Schedule R-OO), Public Service Co of Colorado.

Those 155 kWh are billed at 7.4¢–16.3¢, against a 16.6¢ whole-bill average on the median plan, so on these plans the two rates are close.

What Colorado homes use

EIA's 2020 residential survey found 155 kWh a year across 270 sampled homes that run one, 32% under the national 227 kWh. The middle half spans 29 kWh to 187 kWh, so ceiling fans varies by 159 kWh between one household and another.

Every ceiling fan in the home across a year. That average covers homes with ceiling fans — 72% of homes here.

That makes ceiling fans about 2% of the electricity a Colorado home uses. The remaining 7,990 kWh is what ceiling fans is billed on top of, and on a tiered or time-of-use plan that is what sets the rate it meets.

Light and heavy use of ceiling fans

A household in the lighter quarter runs ceiling fans for 29 kWh a year and pays $2.13 on the cheapest plan. One in the heavier quarter runs it for 187 kWh and pays $13.92 — $11.79 more for ceiling fans on the same tariff.

Limits

A 2020 survey average for Colorado, not a measurement of any one home, priced against the 5 Colorado tariffs WattClear has ingested — not every plan sold there.

New to these terms? The methodology page explains tiered bands, time-of-use periods and fixed charges, and sets out exactly what the rate engine assumes.

Estimate — your actual bill may differ.

Tariff structures from NREL/OpenEI Utility Rate Database (CC0 1.0), retrieved September 2, 2026.

Location resolved through the US Census Bureau Geocoder (Public domain) at 39.7392, -104.9903.